TRL has been writing humor and performing comedy since she was a teenager in Memphis, and has been drawing pretty much since birth! She has an edgy, original style and a friendly stage presence which appeals to people of all backgrounds.
Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, TRL moved to Kansas City to work as an artist and writer for Hallmark Cards. After trying out standup at local comedy clubs, she made the tough decision to leave Hallmark and hit the road, working the comedy club and one-nighter circuits, while continuing to freelance for Hallmark and other gift industry companies.
She lived in Denver, Colorado, for 20 years and now makes her home in Virginia with her husband Gary (the actor and Shakespeare savant) and her son Andrew (who loves kayaking, fencing, and playing his guitar). Their pets are Jerry the serene Beta, Scotty the goofy dog, and Mojito the cool chameleon.
LITTLE KNOWN FACTS AND FAVORITES:
FAMILY - Hanging out with Gary and Andrew is the best. We love travelling, seeing movies, playing SCRABBLE, eating Indian food, and laughing a lot.
I'M A TOTAL FOODIE - I love to cook and make up recipes, am addicted to "TOP CHEF" (wow, I have appliance envy), and am always trying eggplant and pumpkin recipes. But not together. Yet.
MOVIES - "All About Eve", "Pan's Labyrinth", "Layer Cake", "To Kill A Mockingbird", "Young Frankenstein", "Waiting for Guffman", "Run Lola Run", "City Lights", "The Godfather", "What About Bob?" , "La Femme Nikita" (the original French one), "The Sixth Sense", "The Exorcism of Emily Rose", "Shaun of the Dead", "Hot Fuzz"
COLOR - BLACK. But I know that in technical terms, that's not a color, so at the risk of being technical, here is my backup answer: Green. Then sometimes Red. But I pretty much wear only black. I just like it best. Hey, I'm wearing red in the picture. Cool.
BOOKS - "Traveling Mercies" and "Bird by Bird" by Ann LaMott, "Living With Picasso" by Francoise Gilot, anything by Shel Silverstein, "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, "Velvet Elvis" by Rob Bell, "Color - A Natural History of the Palette" by Victoria Finlay, "Picasso" by Norman Mailer.
TV SHOWS - "The Riches", "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List", "Top Chef", Project Runway", "Absolutely Fabulous", "The Office" (the British one), and "Ghost Hunters"
PASSIONs- Cartooning, and writing humorous stuff! And I love painting.
FREELANCE JOBS I DID WHICH YOU MIGHT FIND INTERESTING. OR NOT - I did the storyboards for the ZZ TOP video "TV DINNERS". I also once built a HUGE rainbow out of TOWELS for a series of TV ads. I have done lots of voices for radio ads, also, love that. No makeup required . . .
SPORTS - Walking (well, it's a sport to ME), and kayaking.
BIBLE VERSE - ECCLESIASTES 3:11 - "God has set eternity in their hearts" - means we can all get it, God is there for all of us.
ANIMALS - Dogs and Bats, but probably not together; YES, I said Bats.
ARCHITECT - Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Because who doesn't like to say that name?
COMICs - EDDIE IZZARD. LOVE him. LOVE HIM. Moms Mabley. Rich Jeni. Ellen DeGeneres. Paula Poundstone.
ACTORs - Gary Oldman, Johnny Depp, Viggo Mortensen, Gregory Peck, Johnny Depp, Michael Caine, Colm Meaney, Jack Black, did I mention Johnny Depp?
ACTRESSes - Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Saunders, Frances McDormand, Bette Davis
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER - Joseph Mankiewicz (All About Eve)
ALL AROUND GENIUS - Julie Taymor. Wow. "Titus" and "Frida" and "The Lion King". OH, MY! Her visual sense blows my mind, and now "Across the Universe". Yep.
ARTISTS & CARTOONISTS - Howard Finster, Roz Chast, Matisse, Edward Gorey, Modigliani, Charles Addams, Tim Biskup, Gary Baseman, Raoul Dufy, David Hockney, Egon Schiele, Rothko
TRAVEL DESTINATIONS - Want to see Ireland and Australia and Morocco. Want to go to Mozambique to help my buds from Canada who work in the fight against AIDS through doing Shakespeare. They want me to come paint. So send checks now, because I want to do this. Loved Guatemala (the Mayan ruins in Tikal!!! - went with my church when I was 19) Love Scotland, which explains the next answer.
WEATHER - Rain and thunderstorms. Love the drama.
MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE - Nessie, if she IS a myth! Mermaids, if she isn't.
HOBBIES - Making collages with recycled stuff like teabags and bottle cap. Organizing my iPod playlists.
MOST HISTORIC CONCERT ATTENDED - Elvis' last concert in Memphis, my hometown, (it was TEN DOLLARS a ticket!), but also saw the "Escape from New York Tour" in Denver - it was The Ramones, Deborah Harry, The Tom Tom Club, and Jerry Harrison. It was AMAAAA-ZUH-ZING.
MOST DESIRED CONCERT TICKET - U2
FAVORITE BANDS, SINGERS, AND MUSICIANS -The Talking Heads, The Violent Femmes, Kasabian, The Killers, Peter Gabriel, The Clash, U2, Al Green, Matchbox Twenty, Rob Thomas, Ottmar Liebert, B.B. King, Johnny Cash, Mary J. Blige; Mozart and Saint Saens.
CAUSE I MOST WANT TO SUPPORT - fighting AIDS and POVERTY and promoting and encouraging women the world over.
WHAT I WOULD DO IF I WON THE LOTTERY - What I do now; but I would fund film and theatre and art projects, and I would TRAVEL OVERSEAS A LOT!! I mean, A LOT.
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